CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Pop Praxis: Social Justice & the Media Keynote Speaker: Andi Zeisler, co-founder and editorial/creative director of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture University of Cincinnati Conference date: April 8th, 2011 Deadline for submissions: January 5th, 2011 Notifications of acceptance will be sent by January 15th, 2010 Pop culture: what are its possibilities? Its…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Pop Praxis
Month: October 2010
Book Release Party for Christine Sneed’s New Book
Christine Sneed will have a release party for her recent story collection, Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry (University of Massachusetts Press 2009). This collection has been well received, and it won AWP’s 2009 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. Read below for details on the release party, which everyone in…Continue reading Book Release Party for Christine Sneed’s New Book
MAWP Alumna Wins Creative Writing Competition
Tamara Ghattas (MAWP ’10) was the first place winner (Young Adult Division) in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s Creative Writing Competition. Her winning story, “In Blue Seclusion,” will be published in a winner’s anthology this year. The CAF Creative Writing Competition for Young Writers is, according to Examiner.com, the best contest in the Midwest. There…Continue reading MAWP Alumna Wins Creative Writing Competition
The Future of the Book and Other Quandaries
Please join us as Literary Agent Michele Rubin, of Writer’s House in New York, discusses “The Future of the Book” on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. She is the first speaker in the Humanities Center’s second 2010-2011 lectures series: Digital Humanities: The Future of the Book and Other Quandaries. Please see attached flyer and below…Continue reading The Future of the Book and Other Quandaries
Tomorrow is the National Day on Writing
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 is the National Day on Writing! Started by the National Council of Teachers of English, the National Day on Writing seeks to celebrate the significance of writing in our everyday lives. As stated on their website, the National Day on Writing will: celebrate the foundational place of writing in Americans’ personal,…Continue reading Tomorrow is the National Day on Writing
Life’s Marrow
Guest-post by graduate assistant and MAE student Matthew Fledderjohann. Interested in learning about the choices involved with joining the Peace Corps? Read on. “English literature, eh? So, uh, what will you do with that exactly?” As I neared the completion of my undergraduate degree, the questions that had confronted my educational aims for the past…Continue reading Life’s Marrow
Reminder: Chicago Reader Fiction Contest
From the Chicago Reader website: This December the Reader will publish its 11th annual Pure Fiction issue—a collection of short stories from mostly local fiction writers paired with illustrations by mostly local artists. You may wish to browse our fiction issue archive, which includes fantastic contributions both from out of the blue and from some…Continue reading Reminder: Chicago Reader Fiction Contest
Threshold Editors Wanted
A message from Professor Dan Stolar: Threshold, DePaul’s student-produced literary magazine, seeks two editors. The application should consist of a one page letter detailing your relative experience and plans for the magazine. Please include your Student ID and contact information in the letter. Even if you are not chosen as one of the two editors,…Continue reading Threshold Editors Wanted
Call for Papers: Culture and Identity
CALL FOR PAPERS CULTURE & IDENTITY 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures’ Graduate Student Committee at Purdue University Saturday, March 5, 2011 We welcome submissions in all areas of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences including, but not limited to, foreign languages and literatures, English, creative writing,…Continue reading Call for Papers: Culture and Identity
Teaching Internships: An Intern’s Perspective
Interested in teaching or in applying for the Two-Year College Teaching Internships? Read on for a first-hand account from MAWP student Steve Bogdaniec, who is currently student-teaching at Wright College through the program. The Two-Year College Internship program offers placement at a two-year college for class credit. I’m doing my internship right now (Autumn 2010)…Continue reading Teaching Internships: An Intern’s Perspective